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2003CL
Less than 48 hours after I brought it in, the CL is back on the road with the replacement transmission. According to the service advisor, all the updates to the transmission have been included in the replacement. The service at Ferman Acura has been exemplary. I could not ask for better!
As far as the extended warranty goes, Service Bulletin 02-027 dated 1/21/05 titled Warranty Extension : 3.2TL and 3.2CL Automatic Transmission (supercedes 02-027 dated 9/15/03) states that
ALL 1999-2002 TLs (inc. Type S) and
ALL 2001-2002 CL's (inc. Type S) are covered for 7 years/100K.
The 2003 model year coverage is dependent on the VIN, model and type.
And for all CLs: From VIN 19UYA42...3A00001 thru 19UYA42...005203.
...And where is my VIN? Well, the car was built in 8/02, so it's an early 2003. But not early enough because I am about 3800 after 5203!
So I have less than 5K miles left on my warranty. I guess this means Acura has great confidence in their updated transmission. But the real question is:
Do I? :thinking:
UPDATE 4/23/07: At the risk of jinksing the transmission, three-plus years and 50k miles later, the replacement transmission is doing fine! So is the rest of the car. At 95743 miles the CL has its third set of Michelin's. It's been dealer-maintained and seems to run as well today as the day I bought it. Aside from some wind-burn on the front, it looks almost as good, too!